Improved device for holding lids to cups



, ,anaal eine @am einem PI-LI. SCHOPP, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent No. 93,562, dated August 10, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known that L Pn'. I. Sonorr, ot' Louisville, in the county ofJefferson, and State l have invented a new andY useful Improvement inthe Construction of Covered Cups and I do hereby'declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operationoi` the saine, reference being had to the annexed part ofthis specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a side elevation.

-Figure 2, a front elevation. l

Figure 3, a perspective view.

The improvement consists of the metallic ring A, rubber packing B,connecting-link C, and lid D.

Ring A is provided with hinge to be square, to receive theconnecting-link C, and prevent the sideivise movement oi' the same.

Ring A is also inlaid with a piece of India rubber.

Pressed' around a smooth handle of a vessel, the

elastic rubber will accommodate itself to the slightest unevenness ofthesaine, thus producing suiicient friction to keep the ring A iniitsplace, expanding at the same time by its elastic tight in its hinges.

Connecting-link C, made of a piece of wire,.is to be nature, and makingthe ring of Kentucky,

drawings, making aA double hinges, the Aupper' square at its end, to litthe squareopenings of the hinge.` As the wire is easily bent, it can beadjusted to suit the height between the upper part of the handle andtopof the vessel.

The usual Way of fastening lids to vessels of smooth surface, especiallyglass, is to cast a band around the handle.4 This is expensive.

By my improvement the followingr advantages are \Vitnesses:

THos. D. SnDewIoK, GEO. R. ErcnBAUM.

